I went for a fitting for a new mask today and hope to bring you good news later next week about my availability for the team.

I went for a fitting for a new mask today and hope to bring you good news later next week about my availability for the team.

Although I have not ruled out the Colchester game on Wednesday, I think the Grimsby match is a little more realistic, but we will have to wait and see.

I had the stitches out on Monday and everything is fine but what I need to bear in mind all the time is that although I played with a mask before my operation, I was still taking a risk.

The mask does give protection against a blow to the face but the biggest hurdle is having the confidence to play in the first place. If you have any doubt in your mind you can have big problems.

But I felt confident about it before and hopefully I will be ready to play again when I get given the all clear to give it a go.

EVERYONE at the club is looking forward to the Worthington Cup on Wednesday when we hope to get our confidence back with a win.

We went out of the competition in the third round last year against Chelsea which was a tough draw for us, so hopefully we can do better this time. The team has changed a has healed in the time I have been out is my dead leg, so I am running and working on my fitness again.

I don't feel I have lost much fitness because I have only been out for a week and now I am training again, so that adds to my optimism for a quick return.

I WAS due to play for Bosnia this weekend but my broken cheekbone means I am not involved.

The match is in Sarajevo against Romania in a European Championship qualifier, and is a really important game for my country and the manager who is coming under increasing pressure to get results.

Norway, Denmark and Luxembourg are also in our group so it is going to be tough for us to qualify but we are confident we can get through in second place.

I would like to travel to watch the game but I need to stay in this country and get my mask sorted out, so I will have to try to tune in to Bosnian TV on the satellite instead because the most important thing for me is to get back playing for my club.

The main thing we need to do is avoid too many injuries and suspensions and if we can do that we should be flying high this season.

I thought we played some excellent football against Nottingham Forest and if we can reproduce that sort of performance and add the goals, we will do well in our next two home games.

Saturday's game was very nice to watch but unfortunately they got a goal out of nowhere from a great free-kick.

They didn't really trouble us apart from their counter attacking in the second half and this gives me great optimism.

It was good to see Gary Caldwell playing and I am looking forward to linking up with him in the team.

I was particularly impressed with his use of the ball on his debut. He passed it very well and created chances for us.

Considering he has missed the pre-season he has made amazing progress and he can only get better as time goes on and he gets more games.

It is crucial that the team have a player of his quality at a time when we have injuries and suspensions and hopefully in a week or two we will have everyone back fighting for a place.

We have Calum Davenport waiting to come back as well as me while Laurent Delorge is training again and hopefully Julian Joachim will not be too far away.

There has been a lot of talk about the new formation the manager tried out against Forest. I have played in a 3-5-2 a few times before and we tried it out a little bit in the pre-season friendlies.

For most of my four years at Coventry a 4-4-2 system has suited the club the best but it all depends on the players available.

If you have players who are comfortable with it and it works well, as it did on Saturday, then that is a positive thing. I certainly do not have a problem with it because it is the Gaffer's decision and he knows the best way for us to play.